Instructor of Medicine
Research, Molecular Signaling Group

Address: Baxter I Bldg., Room 111, 570 South Preston St., Louisville, KY 40202

Education
Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires, school of Medicine
(Mentor: Jorge Bernabo, MD, and co-mentor James Summersgill, Ph.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases)

Post-Doctoral Training
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
(Mentors Craig McClain, MD and Shirish Barve, Ph.D.)

My research was focus on CD4+ T cell survival and depletion by apoptosis. Additionally a second project was related to interferon alpha signaling in response to oxidative stress and alcohol liver disease.

Awards
- Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship, Conference Planning Associate, Gordon Research Conferences on Phagocytes, Smithfield, RI, USA 2007
- Honorable Mention, Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Research Louisville, University of Louisville, 2003.
- Young Investigator’s Travel Grant. This award was given by the Committee of the 20th International Congress of Chemotherapy, Sydney, Australia. 1997.